Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell's terrifying vision comes to the screen.

• Rated 6.8 out of 10
• Movie
• 1984
• 1h 53m
• Drama
• Science Fiction
• Thriller

Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Julia provide his only measure of enjoyment, but lawmakers frown on the relationship -- and in this closely monitored society, there is no escape from Big Brother.

Director

Michael Radford

Starring

John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack